Door brace



June 1 1926.

E. v. MORREAU DOOR BRACE Filed Dec. 2, 1925 "m//e R'orreau INVENTOR A'I'I'ORNEY m m W Patented .lune l, 1926.

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EMILE VICTOR IVIORREAU, OF MARSHALL, TEXAS.

DOOR BRACE.

Application filed December This invention relates to improvements in door braces especially applicable upon screen doors and the like which owing to the frailness of the construction thereof sag and drag at their bottoms upon the door frame sills and prevent a complete closure of the door and interfering with 'the locking thereof.

Another object of my invention resides in the construction of my invention per se constituting pivotally associated arms secured to the hinged side member and lower side rail and having adjustably mounted means associated with the respective free ends thereof whereby the lower r il of the door may be raised to overcome the drag and eliminating further sagging of the door.

lV ith the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the follown` ing novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully descri'ied, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed outin the appended claims.

ln the drawing Figure 1 is a fragmelitary elevation of a screen door showing my present invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary elevation of one arm and the association of the adjusting means thereon.

Figure 3 is a perspective of my invention per se.

Figure l is a fragmentary diagrammatic plan view of one end of my invention.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference characters Yl0 and 11 indicate the side rails and 12 the bottom rail of a screen door 13, all of which being of the usual and well known construction and forming no part of the present application for Letters Patent, but be ing merely shown for purposes of illustra.- tion in bringing fiorward the novel advantages of the above entitled invention.

'lhe invention resides in the provision of companion angularly shaped arms 14 and 15, respectively, each of which have relatively enlarged meeting end portions 1G arranged in over-lapping relation and pivotally mounted upon a pivot pin 17. The respective ends of the arms 14 and 15 have apertured ears 1S extending downwardly therefrom in opposed relation with respect to the angular portions thereof and adapted to be secured to the side rail 2, 1925. Serial No. 72,782.

10 and bottom rail 12, as clearly illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawing.

ln order to provide means for raising the bottom rail 12 of the screen door 13 from the door frame sill, not shown, in eliminating the drag incident to the sagging ofthe door, l provide a depressed apertured porH tion 19 within the inner side of lthe angular portion of the arm. 14 in forming a swivel pocket or joint for the Vhead 2O of an adjusting shaft or bar 21 while its opposite end is threaded within nut 23 positioned immediately behind a plate 22 formed integrally with the forward end of the arm 15 bent upwardly at an inclination approximate to the inclination of the shaft or bar 21.

Formed in a similar manner upon the opposite side edges of the arm 14 in .advance of the plate 23 are plates 211 which in configuration closely resemble obtuse triangles and which when bent downwardly, as clearly illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawing, form an enclosure for the nut 22 and engage the adjacent sides thereof to prevent its accidental displacement or turning whereby it is not necessary to hold the nut 22 while adjusting the arms 1li and 15 respectively.

The adjusting bar 21 further includes reduced portions 25 at appropriate points and to the opposite sides with respect to the intermediate portions of its length to facilitate the engagement of a wrench, plier or like tools thereupon to facilitate the rotation thereof.

ln the mode of operation of the present invention it is clearly apparent and manifest that when the brace, as previously described and illustrated, is set up and applied upon a door and upon the rotation of the adjusting arm 21 the lower rail 12 of the door 13, as illustrated will be raised to de sired height whereby the dragging incident to the sagging of the door will be taken up and the door 13 allowed to freely swing upon its hinges and be completely closed within the door frame whereby the door may be readily locked and insure longer life and utility of the door in so far as such sagging and dragging usually breaks olf or splits the bottom rail 12 and forming bulges and pockets in the screen rail where the latter has been pulled loose from the bottom rail 12 and giving entrance to insects to the household.

The invention is susceptible of various 

